03-12-13, 09:32 PM
Quote:Yeah, that's something I'm looking in to - all the smokeless coal products are anthracite from what I can tell. In combination with the chimney cleaning log thing, it might be the best option to get the system back in to proper health. There is a stainless flue all the way up the chimney yes which is also lined
I found pure anthracite burns hotter than anything else, but I also discovered that with a DEFRA stove it can run away with itself. Also blacks up a stove glass like nothing else, a real pain to clean off. If you wanna put max heat up yer chimney I think it's it's the fuel to do it.
There's all sorts of blends of smokeless coal, and nobody seems to want to tell you what goes into each blend. I'm told what you want to avoid with a stove is a smokeless coal with a high petrocoke content, it's just another one of those things that blacks up stove glass and hangs in there for grim death.
I've found Surefire Ovoids to be a good option, can be bought from the coal merchant in 50kg bags. Now I think it's called Surefire only in Scotland. http://www.fergussoncoal.co.uk/fuel-guide/ I think in England it's sold as Taybrite